Günter Seifert

Does somebody know the town where he lived (or still lives...) ?
Sometimes, in race programs, the location of drivers residence is mentioned. But I don't own German programs back from these years (around 1962-1963)...

When I found his birthdate Jimmy, I found out where he was living up to, at least, the 1970's - I'll check it for you tonight when I get home, because I can't remember off the top of my head. TTBOMK, Seiffert is still alive.

I presume he is still alive - generally, until I see some kind of proof they're dead, then they're alive -I can't "kill off" people just because I think they're gone. (ie Thiele - I need to find more) However, I presumed Bonomi was still alive & find he's actually been dead since 1992, so you can never tell....

As for contact, I suppose any of the address websites (ie Infobel) might be worth a try.. FWIW, I think he was still based in Kassel around 10 years ago but that's presumption rather than hard fact.

My question in the Swiss magazine motorsport aktuell received the following answer today from Gregor Schulz (of Ferrari World magazine):

Seifert was from Oldenburg, born on 18.10.1937. This information is from a contract he made when buying a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, that he bought in 1963 from Hermann Cordes. During the late nineties Seifert lived in Belgium and at Cologne."

My question in the Swiss magazine motorsport aktuell received the following answer today from Gregor Schulz (of Ferrari World magazine):

Seifert was from Oldenburg, born on 18.10.1937. This information is from a contract he made when buying a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, that he bought in 1963 from Hermann Cordes. During the late nineties Seifert lived in Belgium and at Cologne."

They gave also a picture:

There is one GÃ¼nther Seifert in Cologne. Someone that can speak German might give him a call on this number.

Since I`m German it was easy to call the number you mentioned
but unfortunately Mrs Seifert has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the former racing driver.
So there is no trace to follow in Cologne - IÂ´m sorry.

Since I`m German it was easy to call the number you mentionedbut unfortunately Mrs Seifert has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the former racing driver.So there is no trace to follow in Cologne - IÂ´m sorry.

Anyway, thanks very much for trying! I think it was reasonable to ask - too bad it's not him.

Gunter Seifert has intrigued me as he seems the least known of anyone who was in a World Championship Grand Prix event that is still alive - but if this is him, then the information from Motorsport aktuell is possibly slightly out - I mean how many Gunter Seifert's raced in the 1960's?

The man in Richard's link was born in Kunzendorf in what is now Poland, and has lived in Weimar since 1971. This doesn't match the info from Uechtel in post 7:

Seifert was from Oldenburg, born on 18.10.1937. This information is from a contract he made when buying a Ferrari 250 GT SWB, that he bought in 1963 from Hermann Cordes. During the late nineties Seifert lived in Belgium and at Cologne.

Seifert is a very common name, with concnetration in particular in Saxony, but also spreaded all over the country. Geogen say there are about 70,000 people of this name currently living in Germany. GÃ¼nther/GÃ¼nter was even leading the hitlists between 1919 and 1950, so there should be quite many GÃ¼nter Seiferts in this generation...

Since he obviously raced later with the Rhine-Ruhr Racing team, I may ask a member of it (Rolf Kienen), who is still active today.He certainly will remember him or know somebody who does. Seidel sounds familiar as well. I will dig for more information.

While we are on the subject of mystery German drivers and possibly one not unknown to Gunter Seiffert, does anyone know anything about Hermann Cordes mentioned above ?

He appears to have started his racing career driving a couple of Ferrari's and a MB 300SL and ended it driving NSU's, can't help but feel something may be missing like the true start of his racing career, also he is mentioned as living in Deelsen Germany at the time he owned the two Ferrari's, Google Maps knows of know such place ?

While we are on the subject of mystery German drivers and possibly one not unknown to Gunter Seiffert, does anyone know anything about Hermann Cordes mentioned above ?

He appears to have started his racing career driving a couple of Ferrari's and a MB 300SL and ended it driving NSU's, can't help but feel something may be missing like the true start of his racing career, also he is mentioned as living in Deelsen Germany at the time he owned the two Ferrari's, Google Maps knows of know such place ?